What is trauma-informed art, and how can a sensitive approach to the process of art making help provide safety and trust in the classroom? Learn how the principles of art therapy can help you work more effectively with children who express strong reactions to pandemic stress, trauma and adversity. View powerful slides of actual preschool classrooms where art has been used as a positive solution to challenging behaviors. Discuss specific ways to introduce trauma informed art into your daily classroom routine, using basic art materials. Learn simple ways to develop a social emotional approach to art as a language that gives children an authentic voice to expresses their true feelings. This training includes both the theory and practice of social emotional art in trauma-informed preschool classrooms, and will leave you with actionable strategies, tools and techniques to get you started in using art as a protective factor in trauma informed care.
Learning Objectives:
1. Define skills and knowledge that promote trauma informed use of art materials and activities.
2. Explain 2 ways to use art activities to help children self regulate and channel big emotions.
3. Assess 3 commonly-used ways to implement positive solutions to challenging behaviors using art activities.
4. Describe 2 ways to integrate trauma-sensitive art into the classroom with materials you already have.
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